Habitat structure influences the survival and predator-prey interactions of early juvenile red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 465, Issue , 2012, Pages 169-184

  Pirtle, J L ^a,c   Eckert, G L ^a   Stoner, A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gadus macrocephalus; Habitat complexity; Nursery habitat dynamics; Paralithodes camtschaticus; Predator prey interaction; Red king crab; Refuge

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CRAB; DEMERSAL FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; JUVENILE; MACROALGA; NURSERY GROUND; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REFUGE; SURVIVAL;

CHACEON AFFINIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; INVERTEBRATA; PARALITHODES CAMTSCHATICUS; PISCES;

EID: 84867012138     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09883     Document Type: Article

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